Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-01
DAKOTA ITEMS.

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Sioux Falls will try to get a sash fac
tory.
Sioux Falls had slight frost We'd
nesday.
New buildings are going up at Spen-
Geo every day.
The region of Aberdeen had little
frost Wednesday.
The deaf-mute school at Sioux Falls
opens September IA.
Watcrtown wants the Aberdeen,
Bismarck and Northwestern.
The cracker factory at Sioux Falls is
about to commence operations.
Blunt expects the Manitoba railway
on its way from Aberdeen to Pierre.
The South Dakota Methodist confer
ence meets at Aberdeen in October.
AtIpswich there is difficulty in get
ting cars enough to carry the wheat.
Maj, Lightner has arrived at Fort
Sisseton to allot lands in severalty to
the Indians.
Two farmers near Gary have gone to
Illinois to purchase 1000 thorough
bred sheep.
The Clay county agricultural fair
will be held at Nermillion September
90, 81 and %.
The first story of the walls of the
new college building at Vermillion has
been completed.
The "City of Huron" plies the waters
of the upper Jim and does quite an eX.
cursion business.
Miss Josie Higgins has sued Sioux
Falls for 5000 damages for alleged in,
juries caused by defective highway.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway company has reduced the
tariff on coal from Chicago rs cents
per ton.
Sparks can't come to the Mitchell
fair. The life insurance companies
threaten to cancel his policy if he goes
to Dakota, so that ends it.
At the old settlers meeting to bt
held at Vermillion, September 2, al
who were in the territory prior to 1915
| will be considered old settlers.
An eastern capitalist offers to build {
$4,000 building in Sioux Falls if tht
board of trade will secure rental of il
for ten years at ten per cent OF the cost
"A colored minstrel show is travelling
in Dakota that is so high-toned that 1t:
members take oIfense if white MAJ
happens to be seated at the table will
| them.
The Manitoba railroads net earnings
for the year ending June 30. as show1
by the financial statement submitted
at the annual meeting of stockholders
amount to $S,Sl3,55S, an increase o
$230,46S over the earnings of the yea
before.
According to the Chicago Farmers
Review, Dakota leads in wheat, oat
and corn. Nineteen bushels per acre i
given as the average of wheat in four
teen countries. OF corn Kansas has A
per cent. of an average crop, Iowa 8
per cent. and Dakota 1875 per cent.
Capt. G. b. Sears, the government
engineer who recently visited Tanktol
to view the Missouri river and famil
iarize himself with it's habits, did no
give the board of trade any satisfaction
regarding the danger Of the river cut
ting or its liability to cut into the Ds
kota shore.
The American express company, dul
ing three days shipped from Boston t
the Dalrymple farm. 100 tons, or min
car loads of binding twine. The eS
press charges on the twine laid dow
in Dakota, were $4,000. That's tn
way they raise and harvest wheat i
the barren region of Dakota.
New Rockford, Eddy county, is t
have another newspaper, and tn
Transcript. the sole occupant of til
field, welcomes the new proprietor
the following language: 1--WE wi
make it so hot for you that before tt
next Fourth Of July you will wish yo
were in hi to geta cool draught {
air."
While Mrs. j. II. Miller, of Warne
was lighting the gasoline stove, HI
clothing cought fire and burned he
body so severely that she died fol
hours afterward. She was conscious
the last and seemed to suffer no pal
after the first ten minutes. She leav,
a heart-broken husband and pair
infant twins to mourn her loss.
Yankton Press: Rev. Father Re
: mond, of the Catholic church of Yam
ton, has received reliable informatic
to the effect that Bishop Marty's futu
home will be Yankton. The locatit
of the bishop of the diocese of sout
Dakota has recently been presented
the pope for his consideration, and tn
, he has decided in favor of Yankton
very much of Il compliment to Yam
ton, which becomes the see city of Il
diocese.
Y The Electric Light company, of Ra
id City, Is contemplating the pureha
I of a fine water power just above Il
: city, and the erection of plant whi
will enable them to begin the man
facture of pottery. tiling and kindr
articles. Immense deposits of fire cl
: exist there, and the articles mention
can be manufactured very cheaply al
$ be sold at a gcod profit in competiti
with eastern goods 1t is the prese
4 intention of the company to sput in t
napaccnry >vprl.c fbic full